Apple Juice

Making apple juice from apples grown on my own trees was very rewarding.  We have a variety of apples trees in our garden: McIntosh, Golden, and Red Delicious.

This year was not a banner year for our apples. When the trees were in bloom, we had a few windy days that blew off many of the young blooms.  The squirrels also love to play in the apple trees! They leap tree to tree and knock off the young apples.  

As I was picking apples I came across many apples that were half-eaten, still hanging on the trees, but unusable.  Squirrels strike again.

Ingredients:

4 medium organic apples

1/4 cup water

To make a large amount of apple juice you will have to quadruple the recipe.

Method:

Clean apples thoroughly, seed and chop into medium-sized pieces.

In your Vitamix or high-speed blender, place apples and water into the blender container.

Start on speed 1 and slowly increase to speed 10, then on high for 35 seconds.

Strain juice through a juicing bag into a large bowl. 

 Pour juice into a pitcher and refrigerate.